Plate XLVII · Ethnology
Vol. V (1950) · full-page plate
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a) PICTOGRAPH ■ red rock with white spots, representing an animal. Bushmen (Southern Africa).
b) TRAY of engraved argillite with mythical figures (Haida, North America). c) DRUM used during magical ceremonies with various designs representing the hunt for reindeer and polar bear (Lapland). From the Museo Borgiano ■ Velletri. d) ART OF PRIMITIVES: 1) Figurines of bears carved in bone by the Chukchi (Northern Asia);
2) Loop, made with a leather strap threaded through two ivory bear heads, with a small seal figurine. Eskimos of Alaska;
3) Arrow straightener in bone, of the Eskimos, with handle carved in the shape of an animal; 4) Pipe with bowl and stem in ivory, of the Eskimos of Alaska - Rome, Museo preistorico etnografico L. Pigorini.